Misc Traditional – Farewell To The Rhonda (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Chorus]
G Farewell you colliery workers, the muffler and the cap C D Farewell you Rhonda valley girls we never will be back G C C/A D For the mines they are a-closing, valleys they're all doomed G C D G There's no work in the Rhonda boys, we'll be in London soon
[Verse 1]
G C My father was a miner and his father was before him D G They always were quite proud to work below G C C/A Since they fell neath Robin's axe, all the boys have got the sack D G So away to work in England we must go
[Chorus]
G Farewell you colliery workers, the muffler and the cap C D Farewell you Rhonda valley girls we never will be back G C C/A D For the mines they are a-closing, valleys they're all doomed G C D G There's no work in the Rhonda boys, we'll be in London soon
[Verse 2]
G C C/A No more the chapel singing, that long ago has left us D G And in the public house, the miners song. G C C/A For the population’s dropping, as the pit wheels keep on stopping D G And I can’t afford to stay here very long
[Chorus]
G Farewell you colliery workers, the muffler and the cap C D Farewell you Rhonda valley girls we never will be back G C C/A D For the mines they are a-closing, valleys they're all doomed G C D G There's no work in the Rhonda boys, we'll be in London soon
[Verse 3]
G C C/A Treherbert and Treorchy, Tonypandy and Tynewydd D G Ystrad Rhondda, Ton Pentre all adieu G C C/A D G For I can no longer wait, while parliament debates, so a fond farewell I'm bidding unto you
[Chorus]
G Farewell you colliery workers, the muffler and the cap C D Farewell you Rhonda valley girls we never will be back G C C/A D For the mines they are a-closing, valleys they're all doomed G C D G There's no work in the Rhonda boys, we'll be in London soon